Suspect admits using a stone to strike dead Ondo driver in the head.

Ondo State Police Command announced on Monday that it has detained seven people in connection with the killing of Tope Olorunfemi by a mob in Akure, the state’s capital.

Victor Amos, one of the suspects, just revealed that he used a stone to smash the victim in the head.

On Easter Monday, a crowd attacked the Ijoka neighborhood of Akure and killed driver Olorunfemi after his Toyota automobile allegedly crushed one person to death and injured six others.

After that, some locals set fire to his car and proceeded to lynch him.

They claimed to have discovered some fetish items in his car, leading them to believe he was a “Yahoo boy.”

The state police public relations officer, Ms. Funmilayo Odunlami, revealed that four of the seven suspects were paraded before journalists at the police headquarters in Akure.

Samuel Olatunji, 20, Pelumi Farotimi, 42, Ismaila Durotoye, 32, and Victor Amos, 30, were the suspects displayed, according to the PPRO.

Odunlami noted that while the suspects would face charges in court for death and arson, an investigation into the incident is still underway. She stated that there are still more individuals at large who the command is pursuing.

She said, “Last week Monday, we had a case of jungle justice in Akure in which a young man who was driving along Ijoka Road had an accident and unfortunately killed one commercial motorcyclist and injured six others.

“Unfortunately, those who were at the scene resorted to jungle justice. Some of these people have been arrested. Seven people are in custody but four principal suspects are here. Jungle justice is illegal, it is against the law. It is wrong for anybody to kill anybody anyone under the guise that the person had killed someone else.

“We are not through with the arrest of suspects. Some suspects are still at large. After investigation, all suspects involved will be charged with arson and murder.”

The fact that the victim had been buried on Monday was also revealed by the PPRO.

Amos, one of the suspects, admitted to hitting the deceased during the parade and maintained that fetish items were discovered in the deceased’s car.

He said, “On getting to the scene of the accident, the deceased had been beaten to a pulp, and he had been soaked in his blood. Commercial motorcyclists beat him mercilessly. I didn’t even know those that stoned him. On getting to the scene, I was moved by the lifeless bodies of those that he crushed and that made me pick up a stone and hit him on the head. I didn’t even know that he was the younger brother of my friend.

“When I gave him some punches, he held on to my leg and to release myself from his grip before he could drag me into the gutter, I tried to choke him on his neck. I indeed saw a small coffin and tortoise inside the car before it was burnt. But I was no longer there when the car was set ablaze.

“I was not arrested by the police. I went to report myself at Ala Police Station when my picture was being circulated as part of those who participated in the beating. I told the police that I beat and stoned him but I did not kill him.”